Media, Culture, and the Meanings of Hockey

This book examines the cultural meanings of high-level amateur and professional hockey in Canada during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In particular, the author analyzes English Canadian media narratives of Stanley Cup "challenge" games and championship series between 1896 and 1907. Hockey also played an important role in the construction of gender and class identities, and in debates about amateurism, professionalism, and community representation in sport. This book addresses important gaps in the study of sport history and the analysis of sport and popular culture. It was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.

Stacy L. Lorenz is Associate Professor in Physical Education and History at the University of Alberta, Canada. His research interests include newspaper coverage of sport, media experiences of sport, sport and local and national identities, violence and masculinity, and hockey and Canadian culture.

1. Media, Culture, and the Meanings of Hockey 2. 'Our Victorias Victorious': Media, Rivalry, and the 1896 Winnipeg-Montreal Stanley Cup Hockey Challenges 3. National Media Coverage and the Creation of a Canadian 'Hockey World': The Winnipeg-Montreal Stanley Cup Hockey Challenges, 1899-1903 4. Hockey, Violence, and Masculinity: Newspaper Coverage of the Ottawa 'Butchers', 1903-1906 5. 'The Product of the Town Itself': Community Representation and the Stanley Cup Hockey Challenges of the Kenora Thistles, 1903-1907 6. Constructing a Cultural History of Canadian Hockey